Energy transduction, mechanochemical

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Keywords Actiii ATP hydrolysis Mechanochemical energy transduction Molecular motor Myosin... 

Mechanosensing is used to describe the process by which cells sense mechanical forces. Mechanochemical transduction is the phrase that is used to try to describe the biological processes by which external forces such as gravity influence the biochemical and genetic responses of cells and tissues. Specifically, these responses include stimulation of cell proliferation or apoptosis (death) and synthesis or catabolism of components of the extracellular matrix. These processes cause either increases in chemical energy (conversion of amino acids or other small molecules into macromolecules) or decreases in chemical energy (depolymerization of macromolecules). 

Silver, E.H., Siperko, L.M. Mechanosensing and mechanochemical transduction how is mechanical energy sensed and converted into chemical energy in an extracellular matrix Crit. Rev. Biomed. Eng. 31, 255-331 (2003)... 

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